Colleges Near Porterdale
There are no colleges in Porterdale, but 32 are within 50 miles, enrolling 248,446 students combined.
The closest option is Luther Rice College & Seminary in Lithonia, 15.7 miles from Porterdale (about 19-27 minutes by car). Porterdale (pop. 1,429) is in Georgia.
Emory University in Atlanta ranks #28 nationally. Georgia State University Perimeter College in Atlanta has the lowest tuition at $3,104 per year.
Results are sorted by distance from Porterdale. Browse public and private 2-year and 4-year schools near Porterdale. For a more affordable start, see community colleges near Porterdale.
Georgia State University
- Public 4 Year
- Atlanta, GA
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5.0 | 2 reviews
- 31 miles from Porterdale
Georgia State is a large public university known for undergraduate business, public health, and public policy. The urban campus sits in downtown Atlanta.
- SAT Range 940-1180
- Avg GPA 3.54
- Acceptance Rate 55%
- Net Price $16,854
Southern Crescent Technical College
- Public 2 Year
- Griffin, GA
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- 32 miles from Porterdale
Southern Crescent is a public technical college known for associate degrees and certificates in health sciences, industrial technology, and business. The Griffin campus serves students in a small city south of metro Atlanta.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $6,148
Morehouse College
- Private 4 Year
- Atlanta, GA
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- 32 miles from Porterdale
Morehouse is a private historically Black men's college known for undergraduate business, political science, and biology. The urban Atlanta campus is part of the Atlanta University Center consortium with neighboring HBCUs.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.48
- Acceptance Rate 44%
- Net Price $36,292
Oglethorpe University
- Private 4 Year
- Atlanta, GA
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- 33 miles from Porterdale
Oglethorpe is a private liberal arts college known for a required undergraduate core curriculum in the humanities and sciences. The wooded campus sits in Atlanta's Brookhaven neighborhood.
- SAT Range 1090-1310
- Avg GPA 3.73
- Acceptance Rate 88%
- Net Price $20,490
Spelman College
- Private 4 Year
- Atlanta, GA
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5.0 | 2 reviews
- 32 miles from Porterdale
Spelman is a highly selective historically Black women's college known for undergraduate sciences and the liberal arts. Most undergrads live on the residential campus in Atlanta's West End, part of the Atlanta University Center.
- SAT Range 1108-1320
- Avg GPA 3.75
- Acceptance Rate 25%
- Net Price $40,354
American InterContinental University Atlanta
- Private 4 Year
- Atlanta, GA
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- 37 miles from Porterdale
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $16,482
University of Georgia
- Public 4 Year
- Athens, GA
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5.0 | 3 reviews
- 40 miles from Porterdale
UGA is a large public university known for undergraduate journalism, business, and agricultural sciences. The historic campus anchors the college town of Athens.
- SAT Range 1270-1480
- Avg GPA 4.0
- Acceptance Rate 38%
- Net Price $16,662
Gordon State College
- Public 4 Year
- Barnesville, GA
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 39 miles from Porterdale
Gordon State is a public college known for undergraduate nursing and teacher education. The compact campus is set in the small town of Barnesville south of Atlanta.
- SAT Range 890-1130
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 86%
- Net Price $7,807
Life University
- Private 4 Year
- Marietta, GA
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| 0 reviews
- 43 miles from Porterdale
Life University is a private university known for chiropractic education and undergraduate exercise science and biology. The suburban campus is in Marietta near Atlanta.
- SAT Range 920-1130
- Avg GPA 3.11
- Acceptance Rate 93%
- Net Price $29,111
Athens Technical College
- Public 2 Year
- Athens, GA
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1.0 | 3 reviews
- 43 miles from Porterdale
A public technical college offering undergraduate associate degrees and certificates in health sciences, industrial technology, and business. The campus sits in the college town of Athens near the University of Georgia.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $8,690
Fortis College Smyrna
- Private 2 Year
- Smyrna, GA
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- 44 miles from Porterdale
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $23,393
Chattahoochee Technical College
- Public 2 Year
- Marietta, GA
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- 45 miles from Porterdale
A public technical college offering associate degrees and certificates in nursing, information technology, and industrial trades. Campuses serve students across the northwest Atlanta suburbs, including Marietta.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $4,655
Miller Motte College Macon
- Private 2 Year
- Macon, GA
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 48 miles from Porterdale
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $21,074
Wesleyan College
- Private 4 Year
- Macon, GA
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 49 miles from Porterdale
Wesleyan College is a private women's liberal arts college known for undergraduate programs in the arts and sciences. The historic residential campus in Macon was the first college chartered to grant degrees to women.
- SAT Range 968-1116
- Avg GPA 3.28
- Acceptance Rate 59%
- Net Price $12,837